Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and Health

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Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and
Health Kennedy Space Center
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March 6, 2002
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Kennedy Space Center

• 140,000 acres
• ? 13,000 people (End of FY01)
• 1871 Total NASA
• Civil Servants
• 11,187 On/Near-Site
• Contractors Tenants
• 1 Billion Budget

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Safety Health First
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KSC Safety Health Organizations
SH Council
SH Committees
SMA Board
Center Director
ISS/PL (UB)
ELV (VA)
Spaceport ET (YA)
Dir w/o a Safety Org
SHIA (QA)
Spaceport Services (TA)
Shuttle (PH)
SMADiv
SMA Div
SFA Office
SMAPAO

• Policy
• Assessments
• Mishaps
• Consultation
• Ombudsman
• Agency Health

• AA
• CC
• GG

• XA
• AJ
• OP
• BA

• Emergency
• Fire
• Institutional
• Safety Health
• Security
• Occupational
• Medicine
• Environmental Program

• Implementation of Programmatic
• Safety
• Contractor Safety Oversight
• Institutional Safety for controlled
• Facilities

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Councils, Boards, Committees

• Safety Health Council (SH Council) chaired
  by Center Director
• Maintains an overview of KSCs safety health
  programs
• Establishes and directs a sub-board system
• Focuses KSC expertise on SH Program critical
  elements
• Safety Mission Assurance (SMA) Board chaired
  by SHIA
• Integrates the work of the SMA organizations
  across the Center
• Assures inter-directorate communication of
  technical SMA concerns
• Safety Health Committees reports to the SH
  Board and/or Council
• Pressure Vessel Committee
• Explosives Committee
• Radiation Protection Committee
• Lightning Advisory Committee
• Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Lifting Devices Equipment (LDE) Committee 
• Safety Health Labor Management Committee

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Federal Spaceport

• Federal Spaceport Concept
• Joint effort with Air Force
• Quasi-Government Governing Board
• Privatized utilities
• Privatized Shuttle Operations
• Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) Operations
• Other NASA functions
• Use of NASA facilities for commercial activities
• International Space Park
• For organizations and suppliers who wish to do
  business with KSC
• Outside the fence, but on KSC property

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Federal Spaceport (continued)

• Other NASA Center Operations at KSC
• Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
• SRB Assembly Refurbishment Facility (ARF)
• Parachute Refurbishment Facility (PRF)
• Hanger AF Complex, Hanger M and Little n (CCAFS)
  SRB retrieval and disassembly operations
• Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
• Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA)
  communications
• Basic Philosophy of Memorandums of Agreement
  (MOAs)
• Tenants control their own safety have Safety
  Plans
• KSC has complete access
• Hazardous Operations must be approved by KSC
• KSC notification/insight of activities

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Safety and Mission Assurance
6 KSC Safety and Mission Assurance
Offices Safety, Health and Independent
Assessment Bert Garrido Space Shuttle
Safety and Mission Assurance Bill
Higgins Intl Space Station/Payload Processing
Bruce Jansen Expendable Launch Vehicles
Cal Staubus Spaceport Engineering
Technology Ron Gilette Spaceport
Services S, HE Division Burt
Summerfield Associate Director of Safety and
Mission Assurance AOA
Resource analysis for FY 02 and 03 218 FTE/yr
in SMA

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Spaceport Services
DIRECTOR OF SPACEPORT SERVICES
NASA/AF MANAGEMENT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER
PLANNING OFFICE
MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION OFFICE
SAFETY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL
DIVISION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
ENV. PROGRAM BRANCH
ODIN IT SECURITY SERVICES BRANCH
INSTITUTIONAL SAFETY QUALITY BRANCH
COMM. SERVICES BRANCH
AEROSPACE MEDICINE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH BRANCH
FACILITIES DIVISION
PROTECTIVE SERVICES BRANCH
PLANNING INTEGRATION BRANCH
CIVIL/ STRUCTURAL BRANCH
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Spaceport Services
Safety, Occupational Health, and Environmental
Division
TA-C
Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental
Division
Summerfield, B. - Chief Gorman, K. - Tech.
Asst. Mayers, J. - Division Secretary
TA-C1
TA-C2
TA-C3
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KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational
Health, and Environment Division
Institutional Safety and Quality

Institutional Safety and Quality Branch
Resources 16 FTE Civil Service Pressure
Vessel/System Certification 2 FTE Explosives
Safety Program Management 1 FTE
Facility Assurance/System Safety 3 FTE
Occupational Safety Specialists 5 FTE VPP
Program Lead 1 FTE Database
Management 2 FTE Propellant Contracts
Quality Assurance 1 FTE Branch
Management 1 FTE
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KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational
Health, and Environment Division
Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health

Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health
Resources 7 FTE Civil Service Chief Medical
Officer 1 FTE Physician 3
FTE Environmental Health Officer 1
FTE Radiation Protection Officer 1
FTE Workers Compensation Specialist 1 FTE
Associate Director Spaceport Services/Chief
Medical Officer
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Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health
Resources95-100 Contract FTE
Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health

• 7 Physicians
• 14 Nurses
• 4 Laboratory Personnel (X-Ray/Lab/GXT)
• 1 Health Trainer
• 1 Medical Logistics
• 1 EAP
• 1 System Analyst
• 1 Administrator
• 26 Paramedics (6 per Shift)

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Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health
ResourcesContract FTE (continued)
Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health

• 7 Industrial Hygienists
• 20 Environmental Health Specialists - IH
• 2 Health Physicists
• 4 Environmental Health Specialists - HP
• 6 Sanitarians
• 1 Environmental Chemist
• 1 Microscopist
• 1 MSDS Program Administrator

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Occupational Medicine Workload
Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health

• 19,000 Physical Examinations
• 17,600 Medical Treatments
• 10,000 Immunizations
• 2,100 EAP Visits
• 3,500 Health Training Encounters
• 17,000 Health Education and Wellness Encounters
• 400 Ambulance Runs

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Environmental Health Workload
Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health

• 420 Hazard Assessments
• 252 Exposure Investigations
• 1752 Confined Space Permits
• 1129 Facility Inspections
• 1554 Hazardous Operations Supported
• 598 Ventilation System Assessments
• 500 Consultations
• 230 Asbestos Abatements
• 267 Facility Sanitation Inspections
• 155 Food Service Inspections

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Environmental Health Workload (cont.)
Aerospace Medicine Occupational Health

• 380 Ionizing Radiation Surveys
• 150 Non-Ionizing Radiation Surveys
• 38 Radiography Operations Supported
• 8,500 HP Laboratory Samples
• 2,300 Personnel Radiation Dosimeters
• 2,500 Radiation Sources Inventory
• 5,082 new MSDS added

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KSC VPP Update
KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational
Health, and Environment Division
VPP Program Status/Milestones Formal kick-off
for NASA VPP December 15, 2000 Optimistic
application date December, 2002 OSHA
completed on-site review October 2001 Of SGS
and USA with favorable result OSHA indication of
earliest available March 2003 KSC civil service
review NASA Code Q readiness review January
2003
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KSC VPP Update
Significant Gap Closure Activities (for
VPP) Core SH Training for all civil service
staff Ergonomics Hazard Communication Office
Safety Fire Drills Safety Policy General
Processing Safety Hazards SH Training needs
assessment (39 additional courses)
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KSC VPP Update
Significant Gap Closure Activities (for VPP) Job
Hazard Analysis Automated through GPES
system 5 core JHAs (office, labs, shops,
working at heights, cranes/lifting
devices) Safety Inspection/Meeting Program
upgrade Better supervisor documentation on
monthly inspections and monthly safety
meetings Automated through the GPES
system
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KSC Lost Time Injuries Division
KSC Lost Time Injury Experience FY 00 5 Lost
time injuries 2 slips on tiled hallway (no
obstacles) 1 trip over parking lot bumper 1
trip over cardboard box 1 strain (hernia) from
moving box of books FY 01 3 Lost time
injuries 1 paper cut to the eye 1 hip
bruise on cafeteria counter 1 slip on tiled
hallway (water spill) FY 02 1 Lost time injury
(hernia, lifting box)
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KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational
Health, and Environment Division
Agencywide Services
Safety Talks ON-line source of safety program
information has been renewed for all NASA
Centers FY 02 renewal included extending the
program to NASA Contractors QS funding the
other Centers subscription starting 2002
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Metrics
Safety Metrics KSC Lost Time Injuries Frequency
Civil Service KSC Lost Time Injuries Frequency
Civil Service Contractor KSC Lost Time
Injuries Severity Civil Service Contractor KSC
Monthly Mishaps Civil Service Contractor KSC
Close Calls Civil Service Contractors KSC
Maximum Worktime Deviations by Civil Service
Directorate KSC Maximum Worktime Deviations by
Civil Service and Contractor Health/Medical
Metrics Blood Lead Levels Radiation
Dosimetry Hypergol Incidents REHAB Works
Utilization Fitness Center Utilization SOFAS
(EAP) CVD Risk Reduction Program
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Metrics
Safety and Health Metrics Overhaul 2002 Goal
statement Metric description Historical data
types Historical data sources Assessment Historica
l trends Current performance Data table Specific
Organization performance data See handout for
sample metrics
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Code QS Assistance

• Areas Where Code QS Assistance may be Feasible
• Web Base IRIS
• 38 system users at KSC extensive care and
  feeding
• Maximize Ease of Use better/more
  comprehensive use
• Mishap Report Distribution/Database ?
• Standardized approach to contractor safety
  performance
• Measurement?
• Center average comparison
• SIC comparison

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Code QS Assistance
Areas Where Code QS Assistance may be Feasible
(cont.) Repository/web for Center Program
Information Fund testing of DDESB SAFER
Model Advisor and advocate to the new
Administrator relative to current NASA safety
performance and for use of new tools such as PEP
survey
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KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational
Health, and Environment Division
GPES demonstration Chris Carlson
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KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational
Health, and Environment Division